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Four Parks

By Carol Garcia In planning Magically Speaking‘s fourth birthday celebration, we looked to find a way to tie our birthday in with Disney. Since we’re turning four years old, we are focusing on traveling to the four theme parks of Walt Disney World with a four-year-old (or any young child). Disney World is perhaps one […]

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Trip Planning by the Tens

By Erica Colmenares In honor of TheMouseForLess.com’s tenth anniversary, we’re trip-planning by tens. Here’s a quick run-down of ten things we recommend doing ten months out from your Walt Disney World vacation, as well as ten weeks, ten days, and ten hours. The lists aren’t exhaustive, but they’re a good start! Ten Months Out Start […]

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What Did We Celebrate? A Baby’s First Visit to Disneyland

By Kate Abbott Some said we were crazy; some said it would be pointless; some declared it would all end in tears. To all of them I say: It’s worth it to see baby’s first pair of mouse ears with his name scrolled across the back! Yes, the trip would have been worth it, even […]

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House of Blues’ Gospel Brunch

By Erica Colmenares If you’ve ever taken an adult-only trip to Disney World, you’ll know the heaven that is planning to do all those offerings that aren’t child-friendly (or at least not fun for yourchild). I had the pleasure of one such trip at the beginning of February, and took advantage of the opportunity to experience the […]

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The Disneyland Hotel: Come for the Koi Fish, Stay for the Setting

By Kate Abbott My first and only previous stay at the Disneyland Hotel was when I was in high school, and the hotel dazzled me — it was the largest hotel I’d ever stayed in (the hotel currently has 990 rooms in its three towers) and featured waterfalls, koi fish to feed, and even remote-controlled […]

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KISMIF

By Carol Garcia As a volunteer for several local organizations, I find myself with many meetings in the evening. On one such evening, I was met with a two-page agenda. After slowly realizing my parting words to my family of “this should only take an hour” were not going to come true, I began perusing […]